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Education
Definition of education
According to Aristotle Education is the creation of sound mind in a sound body. It
develops mans faculty specially his mind so that he may be able to enjoy the contemplation
of supreme truth, goodness and beauty.
According to Prof. Drever Education is a process in which and by which
knowledge, character and behavior of the young are shaped and molded.
A definition for starters Education is the wise, hopeful and respectful cultivation
of learning undertaken in the belief that all should have the chance to share in life.
Aims of education
1. Vocational efficiency: Education should be preparing the student to earn his livelihood
and makes his himself sufficient economically and socially.
2. Knowledge: It is essential for intellectual growth, good interpersonal relationship, healthy
adjustment in life, self awareness and for social growth. Knowledge is power; attainment of
knowledge is an important aim of education.
3. Competent living: Education acquaints the person with activities of complete living e.g.
self preservation, performance of social and political responsibilities.
4. Harmonious personality development: Harmonious cultivation of the physical
intellectual, emotional, mental, moral character, spiritual aspects of human development will
take place with education.
5. Self-realization: Education should help a person based on his potentialities what he is
going to become.
6. Cultural development: Every individual has to become cultured and civilized through
education. And it gives refinement, aesthetic sense, concern and respect for others and their
culture.
7. Citizenship: The child has to be educated to become a good citizen of his country. He
should be beneficial to the society.
8. Development of leadership: Education should train the youth to assume leadership
responsibilities in various field like social, political, industrial and cultural field.
9. Education for increased productivity: Education should help to satisfy this need through
production of manpower i.e. people who are equipped with advanced scientific knowledge.
10. Education for modernization: Education should produce the people who are able to
think and judge independently and effectively, intellectually efficient and technically
competent persons must be prepared.
Importance of education
1. Awareness of rights.
2. Develop morals and ethics.
3. Learn to Socialism.
4. Develop leadership qualities.
5. Knowledge.
6. Makes creative.
7. Improves confidence.
8. Be up-to-date with technology.
9. Ability to crisis management.
10. Improve position in society.
11. Eliminating superstitions.
12. Rational thinking.
14. Education helps in evolution.
15. Independent decision making
Purposes of education
1. It is a continuous process.
2. It is knowledge or experience.
3. It is development of particular aspects of human personality or a harmonious integrated
growth.
4. It is conducive for the good of the individual or the welfare of the society.
5. It is a liberal discipline or a vocational course.
6. It is stabilizer of social order, conservator of culture, an instrument of change and social
reconstruction.
7. It makes person well adjusted and adapted with existing values and expectations.
8. Develop him/her morally high so that he /she can acquire more capacities to mould their
self when needed.
9. It gives technical and advanced education.
10. To make attitudes and ideas more rational and logical, so that person can learn self
control.
Principles of education
According to the Academys web site (www.processeducation.org), the Academy drives
transformational change in education by generating, disseminating, and archiving research
based on Process Education principles through:
1. The advancement of scholarship in teaching and learning.
2. Advocacy on key educational issues.
3. Building an academy research program.
4. The professional development of educators.
4. Coaching and mentoring [Furthermore], the Academy engages, supports, and collaborates
with a community of educators by:
a. Delivering an annual conference.
b. Producing a selective, peer-reviewed journal
c. Developing and endorsing position papers
d. Modeling key elements of Process Education
e. Facilitating the member's participation in other professional venues.
Types of education
There are three types of education. These are as follows-
1. Formal Education
2. Non formal education and
3. Informal Education
Formal Education: Formal education refers to instruction given in formalized structures like
schools and day care centers. In this form of education, the students in charge of a school
decide what is to be taught and then they study those things under the direction of teachers.
Highlights:
1. Planned with a particular end in view.
2. Limited to a specific period.
3. Well-defined and systematic curriculum.
4. Given by specially qualified teachers.
5. Includes activities outside the classroom.
6. Observes strict discipline.
Informal Education: Informal education, on the other hand, involves people learning while
they go about their daily lives.
1. Incidental and spontaneous.
2. Not-pre-planned.
3. Not imparted by any specialized agency.
4. No prescribed time-table or curriculum.
5. May be negative also
Non-Formal Education: Non-formal education belongs somewhere between the formal and
informal types. As in formal education, people using non-formal methods adopt planned and
organized camps.
Highlights:
1. Derived from the expression 'formal education.
2. Outside the realm of formal education.
3. Conscious and deliberate.
4. To be organized for a homogeneous group.
5. Serving the need of the identified group.
Benefits of education
These are benefit of education-
1. Acquisition of information about the past and present: includes traditional disciplines such
as literature, history, science, mathematics, etc.
2. Formation of healthy social and/or formal relationships among and between students,
teachers, others.
3. Capacity/ability to evaluate information and to predict future outcomes (decision-making).
4. Capacity/ability to seek out alternative solutions and evaluate them (problem solving).
5. Development of mental and physical skills: motor, thinking, communication, social,
aesthetic.
6. Knowledge of moral practices and ethical standards acceptable by society/ culture.
7. Capacity/ability to recognize and evaluate different points of view.
8. Respect: giving and receiving recognition as human beings.
9. Indoctrination into the culture.
10. Capacity/ability to live a fulfilling life.
11. Capacity/ability to earn a living: career education.
12. Sense of well-being: mental and physical health.
13. Capacity/ability to be a good citizen.
14. Capacity/ability to think creatively.
15. Cultural appreciation: art, music, humanities.
16. Understanding of human relations and motivations.
17. Acquisition/clarification of values related to the physical environment.
18. Acquisition/clarification of personal values.
19. Self-realization/self-reflection: awareness of ones abilities and goals.
20. Self-esteem/self-efficacy
Processes of education
The process of educations is as follows:
1. Every learner can learn to learn better, regardless of current level of achievement; ones
potential is not limited by current ability.
2. Although everyone requires help with learning at times, the goal is to become a capable,
self-sufficient, lifelong learner.
3. An empowered learner is one who uses learning processes and self-assessment to improve
future performance.
4. Educators should assess students regularly by measuring accomplishments, modeling
assessment processes, providing timely feedback, and helping students improve their self-
assessment skills.
5. Faculty must accept fully the responsibility for facilitating student success.
6. Develop expertise in a discipline, a learner must develop a specific knowledge base in that
field, but also acquire generic, lifelong learning skills that relate to all disciplines.
7. In a quality learning environment, facilitators of learning (teachers) focus on improving
specific learning skills through timely, appropriate, and constructive interventions.
8. Mentors use specific methodologies that model the steps or activities they expect students
to use in achieving their own learning goals.
9. An educational institution can continually improve its effectiveness in producing stronger
learning outcomes in several ways:
a. By aligning institutional, course, and program objectives;
b. By investing in faculty development, curricular innovation, and design of
performance measures;
c. By embracing an assessment culture
10. A process educator can continuously improve the concepts, processes, and tools used by
doing active observation and research in the classroom
Educational process
Education is a complex process. Various views about education:
Philosophers: Looks at the purposes and the essential nature of education.
Psychologists: Looks at the individual learner and the teaching and learning process.
Sociologists: Looks at the social system and at the interaction of learners in groups.
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